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Human-animal interactions have played crucial roles in the development of complex societies acros... more Human-animal interactions have played crucial roles in the development of complex societies across the globe. This study examines the human-leporid (cottontail and jackrabbit) relationship at the pre-Hispanic (AD 1–550) city of Teotihuacan in the Basin of Mexico and tests the hypothesis that leporids were managed or bred for food and secondary products within the urban core. We use stable isotope analysis (δ 13 C apatite and δ 18 O apatite) of 134 leporid specimens from five archaeological contexts within the city and 13 modern specimens from across central Mexico to quantify aspects of leporid diet and ecology. The results demonstrate that leporids from Oztoyahualco, a residential complex associated with a unique rabbit sculpture and archaeological traces of animal butchering, exhibit the highest δ 13 C apatite values of the sample. These results imply greater consumption of human-cultivated foods, such as maize (Zea mays), by cottontails and jackrabbits at this complex and suggest practices of human provisioning. A lack of significant differences in δ 18 O apatite values between ancient and modern leporids and between Oztoyahualco and other locations within Teotihuacan indicates generally similar relative humidity from sampled contexts. Results of this study support the notion that residents provisioned, managed, or bred lepor-ids during the height of the city, and provide new evidence for mammalian animal husbandry in the ancient New World.

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I address the multiethnic character of the Teotihuacan neighborhood centers, with caravans passin... more I address the multiethnic character of the Teotihuacan neighborhood centers, with caravans passing through ally sites to bring sumptuary goods and foreign craftsmen. The competition between different semi-autonomous neighborhoods at Teotihuacan was contrary to the corporate organization of the state and the apartment compounds.

In an attempt to understand the genetic dynamics in Teopancazco, Teotihuacan, we conducted an anc... more In an attempt to understand the genetic dynamics in Teopancazco, Teotihuacan, we conducted an ancient DNA abaktsus based on mtDNA. Our results show that the level of genetic diversity is consistent with the multiethnicity observed through cultural practices and isotopic analyses, in this multiethnic neighborhood center of the ancient metropolis of Teotihuacan.

Resumen: Este artículo expone las características de los palacios egipcios y mesopotamios para de... more Resumen: Este artículo expone las características de los palacios egipcios y mesopotamios para definir los elementos constitutivos del palacio real en el Cercano Oriente, en contraposición con la dificultad de determinar la existencia de unidades arquitectónicas palaciegas, relacionadas con los gobernantes en Teotihuacan. Se resumen los diversos niveles de la jerarquía teotihuacana y sus correlatos arquitectónicos para desembocar en una discusión sobre la hipótesis del cogobierno para la gran urbe.

introDucción En mi parecer, la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México siempre ha sido una instit... more introDucción En mi parecer, la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México siempre ha sido una institución noble por las maravillosas posibilidades que abre para el establecimiento de relaciones interdisciplinarias y redes académicas. Esta cualidad es vital para el Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, cuyas disciplinas se articulan con las ciencias sociales y las humanidades, con áreas médicas y con algunas más que tienen fuertes vínculos con el Subsistema de la Investigación Científica.

In this article tlvo processes of the rise of the early state are compared/ that of Egypt and tha... more In this article tlvo processes of the rise of the early state are compared/ that of Egypt and thal of Mesopotamia, using data concerning subsisten' ce, social and political organization, and religion. The article deals with tracing of the crucial dilferential factors between the two processes.

A recientes fechas ha surgido un interés especial por analizar con mayor detalle lo que observamo... more A recientes fechas ha surgido un interés especial por analizar con mayor detalle lo que observamos en el registro arqueológico. Este interés emerge de una inquietud constante ante la ligereza cón que se llega a conclusiones de carácter funcional en relación a los contextos arqueológicos.

Temple and palace are institutions that are markers of economic' ally differentiated organization... more Temple and palace are institutions that are markers of economic' ally differentiated organizations and phases: the temple constitut' ed a redistributive centralized network in M€sopotamia and most probably in Central Meúco, fostered specialists and gave way to urban societies;the palace opened the Path to tributary states and

A diferencia de lo que ocurre en el resto del Cercano Oriente. el esquema de reconstrucción de lo... more A diferencia de lo que ocurre en el resto del Cercano Oriente. el esquema de reconstrucción de los cambios ocurridos en la economla de subsistencia de los grupos holocénicos del noreste de Áfri ca, tanto del Sáhara como del Valle del Nilo (pam el lapso entre 7000 y 250O aC), procede de recientes investigaciones'

Resumen: Teotihuacan representa una gran excepción en Mesoamérica por su tamaño y grado de planif... more Resumen: Teotihuacan representa una gran excepción en Mesoamérica por su tamaño y grado de planificación, su organización corporativa, la multietnicidad de su población y por haber sido un gran centro de acopio de bienes de otras regiones. En dicho ambiente multiétnico, nos preguntamos cómo se administraba la mano de obra y los bienes que fluían a la ciudad. Sin tener grandes almacenes estatales, como sucede en Mesopotamia o la región andina en tiempos de los incas, Teotihuacan parece más bien ser una federación de barrios, cada uno con un centro rector, regidos por nobles de la elite intermedia que auspiciaban las caravanas hacia las zonas de recursos suntuarios.

La Arqueología como disciplina antropológica aborda a las sociedades del pasado diacrónica y sinc... more La Arqueología como disciplina antropológica aborda a las sociedades del pasado diacrónica y sincrónicamente. Interesa al arqueólogo situar cada sociedad pretérita en sus contextos geomorfológico y ambiental; determinar la subsistencia, las formas de vida cotidiana, la organización familiar y comunal, las relaciones de intercambio y dependencia, los tipos de gobierno, las manifestaciones de las diversas connotaciones de identidad, los patrones simbólicos, y rastrear las transformaciones de dichas sociedades en el tiempo. Con estos objetivos en mente, el arqueólogo del siglo XXI analiza diversas manifestaciones de las trazas materiales del pasado: instrumentos, objetos afallados, desechos, materias primas, construcciones, restos óseos, ecofactos, concentraciones químicas, isótopos, ADN Manzanilla y Barba 1994;.

A René Millon (1976) quien habló por primera vez sobre los grupos sociales de Teotihuacan, y a Ge... more A René Millon (1976) quien habló por primera vez sobre los grupos sociales de Teotihuacan, y a George Cowgill (1997) quien insistió en que el oficio es más importante que el individuo en esta gran urbe.

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The aim of this article is to focus on the technology of archeological plasters at Teotihuacan (C... more The aim of this article is to focus on the technology of archeological plasters at Teotihuacan (Central Mexico), from the Classic Period (200–650 A.D.), focusing in the study of Teopancazco, a neighborhood center in the city. Petrographic and chemical analyses by OM, SEM-EDS, and LA-ICP-MS were conducted to characterize samples from different constructive phases and sectors of the neighborhood center, to determine the provenance of the raw materials employed in the manufacturing (e.g., volcanic glass shards) and to assess whether a shift occurred in the manufacturing of plasters and in the procurement strategies of raw materials during the different phases. The results of the analyses show that almost no changes occurred in the making of the plaster during more than four centuries and allow us to consider the presence of a technological style in their manufacture, which is characterized by the making of plaster by mixing lime with volcanic glass shards, which in the case of Teopancazco were derived from the Altotonga (Veracruz) magmatic system. The data at our disposal suggest that this style was developed in Teopancazco and later introduced throughout the city of Teotihuacan in the Early Xolalpan phase (A.D. 350), although we still do not know whether the provenance of the raw materials is the same. The wide distribution of this technological tradition could be due to the technological properties of the materials and/or the influence of the intermediate elite who ruled over Teopancazco. The paper confirms that the study of material culture and technology sheds light on broader cultural aspects of ancient societies.

The article Corporate Paint and Ancient Pharmaceutical Mixtures from Teotihuacan: The Teopancazco... more The article Corporate Paint and Ancient Pharmaceutical Mixtures from Teotihuacan: The Teopancazco Neighborhood Center gathers the most recent studies on the use of body colors on skin in the ancient Pre-Columbian city of Teotihuacan. This support, skin, represents the focus of some of the most innovative research and findings over recent years, particularly with respect to the color that was applied on human bodies (alive and dead). The scientific results collected in ritual contexts from Teopancazco (Teotihuacan) in the last three years— which, incidentally, are the first results to be obtained on this topic in this ancient Mesoamerican city—suggest that the body colors discovered as offerings in several tombs and burials of this neighborhood center are complex formulations with therapeutic purposes in contact with the skin.

With this paper, we wish to address an audience of academics and the general public interested in ancient body colors and cosmetics as aesthetics and pharmaceutical products, especially in ancient Mesoamerica. Historians, art historians, anthropologists, physicists, archaeologists and archaeometrists, among others, are all potential readers of this text.

PLoS ONE, Oct 2014

Teotihuacan was the first urban civilization of Mesoamerica and one of the largest of the ancient... more Teotihuacan was the first urban civilization of Mesoamerica and one of the largest of the ancient world. Following a tradition in archaeology to equate social complexity with centralized hierarchy, it is widely believed that the city’s origin and growth was controlled by a lineage of powerful individuals. However, much data is indicative of a government of co-rulers, and artistic traditions expressed an egalitarian ideology. Yet this alternative keeps being marginalized because the problems of collective action make it difficult to conceive how such a coalition could have functioned in principle. We therefore devised a mathematical model of the city’s hypothetical network of representatives as a formal proof of concept that widespread cooperation was realizable in a fully distributed manner. In the model, decisions become self-organized into globally optimal configurations even though local representatives behave and modify their relations in a rational and selfish manner. This self-optimization crucially depends on occasional communal interruptions of normal activity, and it is impeded when sections of the network are too independent. We relate these insights to theories about community-wide rituals at Teotihuacan and the city’s eventual disintegration.

La Ciencia para Todos es proyecto y propiedad del Fondo de Cultura Económica, al que pertenecen t... more La Ciencia para Todos es proyecto y propiedad del Fondo de Cultura Económica, al que pertenecen también sus derechos. Se publica con los auspicios de la Secretaría de Educación Pública y del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología.

The ability to accumulate and store large amounts of goods is a key feature of complex societies ... more The ability to accumulate and store large amounts of goods is a key feature of complex societies in ancient times. Storage strategies reflect the broader economic and political organization of a society and changes in the development of control mechanisms in both administrative and non-administrative-often kinship basedsectors. This is the first volume to examine storage practices in ancient complex societies from a comparative perspective. This volume includes 14 original papers by leading archaeologists from four continents which compare storage systems in three key regions with lengthy traditions of complexity: the ancient Near East, Mesoamerica, and the Andes. Storage in Ancient Complex Societies demonstrates the importance of understanding storage for the study of cultural evolution.

LINDA MANZANILLA somontano), trazamos una subdivisión longitudinal, de norte a sur, que comprende... more LINDA MANZANILLA somontano), trazamos una subdivisión longitudinal, de norte a sur, que comprendería las regiones del Kurdestán, el Luristán y el Khuzistán. Si bien la primera es propiamente montañosa y boscosa, la zona de somontano aledaña, es decir el corazón de la antigua Asiria, presenta características de estepa con pastizales de invierno, suelos de pradera muy fértiles, y manadas de gacelas, asnos y ganado salvaje.3

Este libro surge de un simposio que, con el mismo título, se presentó en la XXVI Mesa Redonda de ... more Este libro surge de un simposio que, con el mismo título, se presentó en la XXVI Mesa Redonda de la Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología que tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Zacatecas, en agosto del 2001.

This book presents the results of the interdisciplinary project headed by Linda R. Manzanilla on ... more This book presents the results of the interdisciplinary project headed by Linda R. Manzanilla on the Oztoyahualco 15B:N6W3 Teotihuacan apartment compound, where three households co-resided.

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